Featured Articles
Keeping the Gifted Alive
Every time I read about yet another school system eliminating support for “gifted” students, I have the same sad thought: “Bad for kids, good for business.” While this trend of eliminating gi...
Richard Rusczyk
Invest in educators and support learning recovery with PD
A new resource from the U.S. Department of Education has provided guidance for ways districts can use American Rescue Plan ESSER funding to address the impact of lost instructional time on und...
Niva Vega-Claussen
Login Syncing: Better Together with Digital Identity Management
As K-12 continues its journey down the path of digital transformation, one top priority of many medium to large districts is enhancing the learning experience, while improving cybersecurity, acr...
Gavin McKelvey
Gamification & Game-Based Learning in EdTech: Mechanics and Dynamics
The number one reason for the huge popularity of educational games and gamifying educational solutions is likely to be the entertainment factor; well-designed game mechanics greatly increase st...
Krista-Lotta Ojanen
The Four Pillars of School Policing at Round Rock ISD Keep Student Wellbeing at the Center
In Austin, we have an area called the Sixth Street entertainment district where people go for entertainment and nightlife. And at our police department, which serves nearly 50,000 students in Ro...
Jeffrey Yarbrough and Amy Grosso
How Can Video Reflection Support Culturally Responsive Teaching? We Asked Zaretta Hammond
The spotlight on culturally responsive teaching may feel amplified by the cultural zeitgeist, but, in fact, strong research about brain function and how students learn is what makes this such an...
Adam Geller
Login Syncing: Better Together with Digital Identity Management
Login Syncing: Better Together with Digital Identity Management As K-12 continues its journey down the path of digital transformation, one top priority of many medium to large districts is e...
Gavin McKelvey
Grades and The KISS Principle
Grades… few topics in education spurn debates, emotions, and strong views like grades. People have opinions. We get that. There are many ways to view and understand grades. Different philosoph...
Kevin Dorsey & Zach Vander Veen
Hands-on Math with Howie: Candy Calculations
Welcome to the first in a series of posts featuring fun, hands-on math projects you can do with your elementary math students. Each of these projects can be done with a minimum of fuss and expen...
Howie Templer
Head in the Cloud? Overcoming the Great Resignation through Technological Investment in Education
According to November Figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, from September 2020 to September 2021, the education sector experienced about 3.3 million employee resignations. These numb...
Brandy Keller
Neuroscience, the Pandemic and the U.S. Education System
“We stand on the threshold of important new advances in neuroscience that will yield increased understanding of brain functioning and the way we learn. How we use this new information to teach...
Betsy Hill & Roger Stark
In Math Class, Rigor = Fun
It’s time to get serious about math in school. Math needs to be much more challenging, much more focused, much more rigorous. And that means it’s time we let kids play . Wait… play? What happ...
Peter Meyerhoff, PhD
School Leaders: Solve Your Big Problems by Listening to These Three People
Editor’s Note: This article first published in 2017. But like the old adage states, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Just so happens, this article is particularly relevant n...
Joe Deaton
Aligning Literacy Curriculum Across the District
A rural district successfully aligned its literacy curriculum across grades and content areas amid a pandemic to improve student growth.
Michelle Robinette
The New Year and the Fine Art of Complaining
Some people just love to complain. You know them or maybe you are one of them. In an article in the New York Times Opinion section, Samantha Irby claimed, “To complain is to truly be alive.” For...
Betsy Hill & Roger Stark
Gamification and Game-Based Learning in EdTech: How to Start Designing a Great Product
There are many ways to start designing a game. You may have your mind set on a cool mechanic , like pinning teams against each other in a fun multiplayer environment. Or you wish to share a c...
Krista-Lotta Ojanen and Saila Juuti
Understanding the skills gap: How to create strategic employee development
There is a growing skills gap within the workplace that, left unaddressed, is at risk of preventing resilient economic growth and limiting companys’ development. Skills gaps can become roadbloc...
Dr. Alan Cabello
Digital Learning Creates Opportunity and Promise for 2022
2021 was filled with challenges and obstacles for education, yet it forced us to take a fresh look at a slow-moving system, forever shifting the way we teach, learn and communicate. Looking ahea...
Jennifer Lee
The Best Holiday Gifts
“Are we watching Polar Express today, Miss?” my students yelled as they ran into my classroom. It was the last day of school before Winter Break, and everything was getting louder as the day pro...
Janis Effner
The Complete Guide to Building a Technological Curriculum
In line with the skyrocketing usage of new technologies in our everyday lives and workplace, the demand for technological skills , both in programming and technology applications, is expected t...
Hugo Aguirre
Featured Papers
The Learning Counsel presents journals, papers and briefs on critical topics in Digital Education.
Most will require registration in order to access them, but they are all free.
Addressing Crises in School Absenteeism, Staffing and Privacy: Using a human touch tech solution
Three Near-Term Innovation Areas for K12
An Essential Audio Ingredient in Today’s Accessible Learning Environments
The Gaps Remaining for District Digital Transition
5 Steps to Fixing the Hidden Traffic of Records Management Overwhelming Schools
From Chaos to Learning Recovery: Going from Manual-Digital All the Way to Efficiency
